Assistant Surgeon General Speaks to UNTHSC Public Health Students

Epifanio (Epi) Elizondo, PhD, PA-C, Assistant Surgeon General and Rear Admiral, U.S. Public Health Service, recently spoke to University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) students as part of National Public Health Week. Dr. Elizondo offered information on public health careers and his personal experience based on moving from the military into the U.S.…

UNTHSC Public Health Student Honored

Katandria Love Johnson, public health student at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (UNTHSC), was honored during Women's History Month in March 2010 as an Outstanding Women Honoree by the Fort Worth/Tarrant County Minority Leaders & Citizens Council Inc. The event, "Hats Off to Women," recognized women in the community…

UNTHSC Public Health Professors Honored

Three professors from the University of North Texas Health Science Center's (UNTHSC) School of Public Health have been honored with Faculty Awards. Dr. Richard Kurz, Dean of the School of Public Health, presented Sumihiro Suzuki, PhD, (left), with the Teaching Award; Karan Singh, PhD, (center), with the Research Award; and Terry Gratton, DrPH, (right), with…

UNT Health Science Center celebrates National Public Health Week with varied student and community activities

During National Public Health Week 2010, the University of North Texas Health Science Center's School of Public Health (SPH), Fort Worth, Texas, plans a number of student activities, a student-organized community health fair, and the third annual, community-wide North Texas Health Forum, focusing this year on the important issue of infant mortality. Infant mortality has…

UNT Public Health Dean in the News

Dr. Richard S. Kurz, dean of the School of Public Health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center Fort Worth (UNTHSC), is featured in the January/February issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management. In the Q&A article, Dr. Kurz addresses a variety of issues, including academic programs in an era of global health…